Making the same mistakes FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/14/2010

Making the same mistakes

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/14/2010 Noynoy appears to be making the same mistakes his predecessor, and even his mother, Cory Aquino, made. Told that there is some grumbling within the military on account of the new assignments of officials that they say are hardly given on merit or seniority, Noynoy was quoted as saying that these were merely reports coming from newspapers that are not sympathetic to his administration. His statement certainly bespeaks of his dismissing reports that are unflattering to him and his government, and instead he prefers to take reports from his yellow media as credible, not realizing that precisely, negatives reports are being killed or downplayed by his sympathetic media, because they are protective of him and portray him with a rosy image. It is not unlikely that as the days pass, and since his so-called communications team in Malacañang is as yellow as Noynoy, he will start believing in Malacañang-churned out releases and his yellow media reports, which in turn will not provide him with reality but illusions of his government doing well and supported by the people so much so that he and his government can never go wrong. From reports, Malacañang is said to rely on a feedback mechanism through Twitter and the like, but haven’t they — especially those in his communications team — realized that those comments from Twitter which the yellow broadcast media feature in their news programs come from yellow-colored fans who are supporters of Aquino, and more importantly, reflect the sentiments of an elite group of youngsters?... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100714com2.html

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